13 h. ago The pub that changed me: ‘It was a refuge from teenage pressures – and a portal to excitement’

At the Faversham there was thumping house music, projections of lava lamp bubbles, and bottles of K Cider. Rave culture had hit Leeds, and my friends and I plunged inI can mark out stages in my life by the pubs I’ve been to – and I started early. My grandparents used to take me to the Sandford Arms across the road from their house in Leeds on a Saturday afternoon to play the jukebox – and since I remember records like Boney M’s Rivers of Babylon this must mean I was about four. My other grandparents, meanwhile, actually ran a pub in the city centre. Their days usually started with my grandad, who did not have the bonhomie of a natural landlord, groaning to my grandmother: “You open up, Kath, I can’t face it!” Continue reading...

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46 h. ago Beaming Thomas Skinner poses with his brand new Bentley after he 'sought legal advice' amid disputed claims BBC bosses 'rigged' the result to get him axed

The Apprentice star, 34, gushed over his luxury vehicle and told fans he would make a 'quicker' way to take this kids to school in the newly-shared Instagram post.

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46 h. ago Pub at centre of dispute amid claims drinkers urinate outside and intimidate neighbours

'We have never faced the disruption and intrusion that we have in the last year'

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3 d. ago The pub that changed me: ‘The barman banned me – no process, no second chances, no appeal’

The world’s largest Wetherspoon’s has seal-spotting views, a green leather banquette and a grand central staircase. I would do anything for that pub, so imagine my surprise when I was given my marching ordersIn the most prime imaginable bit of Ramsgate beach real estate, right on the sand, stands a handsome, turn-of-the-last-century building that had claimed for the longest amount of time, some years in neon, to be a casino. I’d never been allowed in as a kid. Then in the 90s it was leaning towards defunct, by the 00s it looked a bit haunted, then there was a fire, and wham, 2017, it turned into a Spoons. It had been trailed for a few months ahead, and I’d sworn off it; the living nightmare that was Brexit was only a few months old and Wetherspoon’s Tim Martin was one of its most gracelessly triumphant fuglemen. He could keep his (incredibly cheap) pints and his (superhumanly fast) nuggets. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Rights group disputes claim ministers cannot act over Palestine Action

Human Rights Watch says attorney general has power to facilitate immediate bail, one of activists’ key demandsHuman Rights Watch has written to the attorney general saying ministers’ claims that they cannot intervene in the hunger strike by Palestine Action-affiliated prisoners is “not fully true”.One of the demands by those refusing food is for immediate bail and the NGO says Richard Hermer, the government’s most senior law officer, could facilitate this by instructing prosecutors not to oppose their bail applications, although the government denied this. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago The historic Stockport pub given a lifeline after 'years of decline' named amongst UK's best

The pub in the town centre has won the award just five months after reopening

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9 d. ago Minneapolis ICE shooting live updates: Mayor disputes Trump claim agent was badly injured and defends ‘F

‘I dropped an F-bomb... They killed somebody. Which one of those is more inflammatory?’ Jacob Frey told reporters Friday

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9 d. ago Roy Keane sparks Liverpool dispute on live TV as he's interrupted after brutal claim

Liverpool sit 14 points off the pace in the Premier League title race ahead of the clash with Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium

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9 d. ago Kristi Noem doubles down on claim ICE agent killed woman in self

DHS secretary’s claims have been widely disputed with video of shooting showing vehicle turning away from agentUS politics live – latest updatesKristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, has doubled down on her claim that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis was acting in self-defense and responding to an “act of domestic terrorism”.Noem also said that she was “not opposed” to sending additional federal agents to Minneapolis. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Minneapolis ICE shooting latest: Noem’s claims disputed by officials after fatal killing of Renee Nicole Good

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz asked Americans to ‘stand with us against this’ in the wake of the shooting

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1 week ago Minneapolis ICE shooting latest updates: Noem’s claims disputed by officials after fatal killing of US citizen

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz asked Americans to ‘stand with us against this’ in the wake of the shooting

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1 week ago Minneapolis ICE shooting live updates: Noem’s claims disputed by officials after fatal killing of US citizen

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz asked Americans to ‘stand with us against this’ in the wake of the shooting

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1 week ago Wetherspoons set to open new pub in central London: everything you need to know

Wetherspoons is opening a new pub in the heart of London

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2 w. ago Pub that was once centre of city community to be knocked down and built over

The premises was said to have been closed after the licence was not renewed by the council

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2 w. ago Russia's Medvedev calls for Zelensky to be killed and his body put on public display following disputed claim of Ukrainian attack on Putin's residence

Moscowhas claimed that Ukrainelaunched 91 long-range drones at Putin's state residence on the shores of Lake Valdai, an allegation which has been hotly denied by Kyiv.

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2 w. ago Pub evacuated in Manchester city centre after fire breaks out

Crews were called to the scene on Monday night

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2 w. ago Outcry over £12million cost of translators for migrants in benefit claim disputes

Migrants should be banned from using taxpayer-funded translators to claim benefits, a report says.

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3 w. ago ‘Not for the people’: Myanmar junta prepares for elections designed to legitimise grip on power

Elections will be first since military seized power in 2021, but analysts say vote is far from a step toward democracyMyanmar is preparing to go to the polls for the first time since its military seized power in a coup in 2021, but with its former leader behind bars, its most successful political party disbanded and roughly a third of the country either disputed or in rebel hands, few believe claims by its military rulers that its 28 December election will be “free and fair”.“This is not for the people, this is for themselves,” says Pai, 25, who fled Myanmar after the military seized power. “They [the ruling junta] are looking for a way out of the trap they are [in].” Continue reading...

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last month Riley Keough is seen for first time amid wild claim she is the biological mom of John Travolta's teenage son

Riley Keough emerged for her first public sighting since becoming embroiled in a swirl of sensational, and firmly disputed, claims involving the Presley family and John Travolta.

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